FDLE: Woman used access to change driver's license status

A 40-year-old woman was charged with using access from her job at the Palm Beach County Clerk's Office to conceal the fact that her license had been suspended.

Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Miami Regional Operations Center arrested Jemettie Anne McKeithen, of Sunrise, on two counts of official misconduct and one count of petty theft.

FDLE began its investigation in 2011 after being contacted by investigators at the Palm Beach County Clerk and Comptroller's Public Integrity Unit. Agents think McKeithen, using the clerk's database, updated her own driver's license removing the fact that her license had been suspended.

While working in the clerk's office, her job was to process payments from customers who were paying their traffic citations. She also is accused of stealing money from a customer and trying to conceal the theft.

McKeithen was arrested without incident Monday at her Sunrise home and was booked into the Broward County Jail on a $9,000 bail.